Apollo Research
Finance Associate (Expression of Interest)
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About Apollo Research
Apollo Research is an AI safety organisation that works on the detection of scheming (e.g., building evaluations), the science of scheming (e.g., model simplification), and scheming mitigations (e.g., anti-scheming and control). We closely collaborate with multiple frontier AI companies. At Apollo, we foster a culture built on truth-seeking, goal-orientation, giving and receiving constructive feedback, and maintaining friendliness and helpfulness. To learn more about working here, see additional details [here](insert link).
We're a growing team of approximately 35 people, operating primarily in London/Europe with plans to open a new office in San Francisco.
The Opportunity
You’ll join as Apollo’s second full-time Finance hire, working closely with our Senior Finance Manager. Your role will focus on running the daily financial operations, ensuring accurate and consistent reporting for management and investors.
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As the team expands, you’ll have the opportunity to specialise in Controllership or FP&A, based on your preferences and strengths.
Responsibilities
- Run Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash cycles
- Handle supplier invoices and receipts
- Create customer invoices
- Prepare supplier payments
- Follow up on overdue balances
- Ensure accurate transaction recording in Xero
- Reconcile bank accounts across multi-entity and multi-currency operations, weekly, to maintain precise cash position tracking
Requirements
- Part-qualified (e.g., ACA, CIMA, ACCA, AAT), with a natural understanding of double-entry bookkeeping
- 2+ years of experience in a transactional processing role, managing high-volume Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash cycles without compromising quality
- Highly proficient in Xero and modern finance platforms like Payhawk, Revolut, or Mercury
- Daily use of AI tools to enhance efficiency—quickly adaptable, with discernment in knowing when and when not to use them
- Meticulous attention to detail and aversion to errors: able to recognise even £0.01 discrepancies or incorrect VAT codes
- High ethical standards—reliable, meets deadlines, and ensures nothing falls through the cracks between working days
- Self-starter who takes initiative: identifies problems, seeks solutions, proposes fixes, and drives them through to completion
- Career-minded—invested in growth, willing to invest in this role long-term, and open to receiving and applying feedback quickly
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